Agriculture

China is sending scientists to spend three years helping rural African communities improve their food security.

Farmers in Malawi are abandoning traditional tobacco crops to enter the energy sector by planting a tree with seeds containing an oil that can be used to make 'biodiesel'.

Christine Gould argues that transgenic crops have much to offer farmers who use integrated pest management techniques.

Agricultural trade reform offers benefits, but the poor could be left behind.

Coffee is a totemic issue for activists. See here how the coffee trade helps spread prosperity worldwide.

Wary Asian consumers may decide how much genetically modified food will reach the world's dinner tables.

What is the impact of international trade on Jamaica's poor -- particularly women?